Cardboard tower

[Kantar]

since I work in a cardboard fox factory I have ease of access to make things for my snakes. I've had a bit of sucsess and a bit of failures. The most notable failure was something I've made and used double sided tape to stick it to the aquarium wall... the tape didn't stick, but the snake did, 2 hours of careful peeling with a wet qtip and what made it worse was I hadn't discovered it until 24 hours later, the snake was nearly stretched flat. But the baby corn snake survived and is now in the care of another person and over 4 feet long. Since then, no tape in aquariums at all.

I'm making a cardboard tower, it will be big enough for baby garters prolly up to 6 months old. it has 3/4 square of room in the crawling space, goes in a square, middle is cut out and walled. There are 5 floors, enough room to crawl in the middle and climb on the outside. Pictures later.

I'm not sure it will work, it just might be a bit too small. But it only took me a few hours to build and if it works, I'll get about 6 months of use, then put it away for the next babies

Has anyone else besides me tried things with cardboard?

I've done shelves, hides and climbs, mazes, even made enclosures, cardboard tubes around the inside of aquariums

[RedSidedSPR]

I prefer actual wood... Never even bothered with cardboard. But it sounds like it'll work

[guidofatherof5]

My green conscience snakes love anything cardboard.:D

[Kantar]

I did consider using wood, but since it's so small, for small snakes, it would be hard working with wood 1/16 thick, this is where cardboard is better, because I have cardboard that is nearly like wood.

I started using cardboard slot scrap bits, they are nice and small, as substrate, running lower on money so I do what I gotta do.

The sheets of cardboard I saved for my little builds are
E-flute, 1/16 thick, 40 ECT strong
B-Flute, 1/8 thick, 48 ECT like wood
C-Flute, 5/32 thick, 40 ECT not used much
DoubleWall, 1/4 thick, 83 ECT like wood and heavy

also I do use wood for when I have a good design

[RedSidedSPR]

True you probably have legit cardboard, not my crappy paper-like substance. I'd definately go for that

[Steveo]

The only downside to using cardboard/paperboard is that you can't sanitize it when it gets soiled. I just use whatever I happen to have in the recycling bin, then throw it away.

[Kantar]

what do you think?

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There are no spots to get stuck, no unintended openings, inside there is a way to get all the way up, in the middle there are openings, on the outside there are little climbing things. I think it might work

[guidofatherof5]

My radixes would love it.

[Invisible Snake]

Looks like a lot of effort went into that. Let us know how the snakes like it.

[Stefan-A]

Can you extract a reluctant snake from it, or do you have to wait until it ventures out voluntarily?

[snake man]

I think the snakes might have to be the judges of that. Altough it does look good to me.

[Kantar]

Can you extract a reluctant snake from it, or do you have to wait until it ventures out voluntarily?

a couple sprays of water throughout the tank usually brings them out

[RedSidedSPR]

My thoughts exactly. Other then that, it looks cool.. When you said cardboard I didn't quite envision that

edit: Oh... There's a second page to this thread. I see.

[ProXimuS]

That looks like fun, if I was a snake:)

[ConcinusMan]

I've made and used double sided tape to stick it to the aquarium wall... the tape didn't stick, but the snake did, 2 hours of careful peeling with a wet qtip and what made it worse was I hadn't discovered it until 24 hours later, the snake was nearly stretched flat.

Snake is lucky to be alive. Never, EVER use tape or stickers in an enclosure. Don't even use it on the outside anywhere near the lid. No matter how impossible it might seem for them to get stuck on it, they'll find a way.

Snakes absolutely love tubes. I have some that I use, of various sizes that are strong like wood.

[RedSidedSPR]

Tubes. Such fun.

[ConcinusMan]

Placed a small one in the baby tank a while back. Every single snake in the tank crammed itself in the tube. When I pick it up, tilt it to slide them out, there's this squirming mass of snakes and there's so many of them, they clog the tube and get stuck. Like a wad of spaghetti hanging out of a garden hose, if you can picture that.:rolleyes:

[chris-uk]

I often see a coil sticking out the end of a tube and think "So that's where she is", only to look closer and correct myself to "So that's where they are".
Cardboard tubes are fantastic, easy to get hold of, and using them means they do something else useful before being incinerated at the local waste-to-power station.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

I just made a "log pile" out of chopped up cling-film tubes,for me marcianus. I only had it in there 10 minutes ago and she seem to love exploring it but when I bought some more plant and a fancy hide she didn't bother with them.She's just like a kid ignoring the toys and playing with the card board.:D

[ConcinusMan]

I often see a coil sticking out the end of a tube and think "So that's where she is", only to look closer and correct myself to "So that's where they are".
Cardboard tubes are fantastic, easy to get hold of, and using them means they do something else useful before being incinerated at the local waste-to-power station.

All of ours get recycled. The cellulose fibers they get from it are then used to make new products. Way more than half of the household waste in a typical home goes in a reycycling bin. Paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, etc. all gets recycled. Most of the sorting at the recycling plant is done by inmates to save money.

My power comes from hydroelectric and natural gas fired plants.

Still doesn't hurt to repurpose items first!

[thamneil]

Looks like a pretty solid hide! Too bad it cant really be cleaned. But hey, you can always make a new one.

Im seriously jealous that you get to work in a cardboard fox factory! :D

[ConcinusMan]

I didn't even know that anyone made cardboard foxes besides those supermodel ones you see displayed at 7-11.:p